New Delhi: It's a rebirth for 16-year-old Pakistani girl Madiha Tariq Sheikh, who feels India is her "own country" where she underwent a successful liver transplant surgery. Madiha, who hails from Lahore, was flown to India on February 3 after she slipped into coma due to acute liver failure and underwent a liver transplant surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here.
"This is my own country (India). It has been four months now and I am missing my school. Inshallah, I will return home next week," Madiha said. Her brother Rizwan had donated a part of his liver to save her. Incidentally, she is the 350th Pakistani to have undergone liver transplant at the hospital. In all, Apollo Transplant Programme has performed 1,252 liver transplants in children and adults from 27 countries in the past 15 years. Madiha was discharged on March 6 but was staying in India for further check-ups.
"We are very happy my sister has recovered and it has been great coming here (to India). We have already shared stories of tremendous support we got here to our people back home," said Rizwan. But what seems like a fairy tale now was initially a very tough road, Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Anupam Sibal said.
"We sent our air ambulance with a group of doctors to lift Madiha from Lahore, you know how tough it is to get the visas and other formalities completed between the two countries. Again in India you have to
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05:49 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked officials from the health department to offer medical help to union minister and senior Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh who is undergoing treatment for a serious liver ailment at a hospital in Chennai. Modi has instructed the Gujarat health department to arrange cadaver liver (liver of a dead person) on top priority for the ailing Union Minister. "Instructed Gujarat's health department to...
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Chennai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is expected to call on his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh in a Chennai hospital on Friday. Deshmukh was admitted to ICU on Monday night following an undisclosed illness. His condition is stable but remains in the ICU and the doctors will be deciding if he needs a liver transplant. Deshmukh's family says he is responding to treatment. A decision on whether or not he...
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New Delhi: Eight-month-old Akshu's parents had almost lost hope for their daughter, who had suffered liver failure since birth. She was admitted to the hospital after she got jaundice and intestinal bleeding. Doctors at Delhi's Army Hospital performed a liver transplant that saved her life, but there were complications. Brigadier Anupam Saha, Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt, said: “A baby has only 500 ml blood and even if 20 ml...
12:57 PM, Oct 14, 2010
New Delhi: Till just a month ago, Baby Tavish was at risk of bleeding to death at the slightest injury. He suffered from what's called Factor 7 deficiency, a rare genetic disorder that affects one in 5 lakh children, who are missing a key liver enzyme. Dr Soin: “For clotting, Factor 7 is essential, so if you and I get hurt we don’t bleed away to death because there is...
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Doctors have saved at least 500 lives in the process. ...
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Mumbai attacks fail to stir the faith of Pak patients in Indian doctors. ...
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Mobeen's brother gave 40 pc of his liver, Indian doctors pull off a miracle. ...
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